CANTABRIAN CAPERCAILLIE: REFERENCES

Regulations, guidelines

Guidelines for the Re-introduction of Galliformes for Conservation Purposes - IUCN/SSC 2009
Capercaillie Recovery Plan in the region Castilla y León.
Storch I (2007) Grouse: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 2006-2010, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, and the World Pheasant Association, Fordingbridge, UK.
SEO/Bridlife report 2006. Status in Spain, Andorra and French Pyrenees.
Cantabrian caper official listing as "Endangered" in the Spanish List (BOE July 12 2005)
Conservation Strategy for Cantabrian capercaillie. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, March 17 2004
Habitat Conservation Plan for Cantabrian capercaillie in Asturias. BOPA, 30 May 2003
Storch I (2000) Status survey and conservation action plan 2000-2004: Grouse. WPA/BirdLife/SSC Grouse Specialist Group. IUCN, Glan, Switzerland and Cambridge,UK, and the World Pheasant Association, Reading, UK.
UICN (1998) Reintroduction Guidelines. IUCN/SSC, Gland, Suiza, Cambridge, U.K.
ICONA (1982) Report on the status of capercaillie in the Cantabrian Mountains in the early 1980's(in Spanish)
BOE 1979. Official text that banned capercaillie hunt in Spain

Scientific articles and theses

González M Olea P Robles L & Ena V. 2010. The Mediterranean Quercus pyrenaica oak forest: a new habitat for the Capercaillie? Journal of Ornithology
Blanco-Fontao B, Fernández-Gil A, Obeso JR, Quevedo M (2009) Diet and habitat selection in Cantabrian Capercaillie: ecological differentiation of a rear-edge population. Journal of Ornithology 151: 269-277
Bañuelos MJ, Quevedo M, Obeso JR (2008) Habitat partitioning in endangered Cantabrian capercaillie Tetrao urogallus cantabricus. Journal of Ornithology 149:245-252
Millan J, Gortazar C, Ballesteros F (2008) Parasites of the endangered Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus): correlates with host abundance and lek site characteristics Parasitology Research 103: 709-712
Rodríguez-Muñoz R, Mirol PM, Segelbacher G, Fernández A, Tregenza T (2007) Genetic differentiation of an endangered capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) population at the Southern edge of the species range. Conservation Genetics
Duriez O, Sachet J-M, Ménoni E, Pidancier N, Miquel C, Taberlet P. (2007). Phylogeography of the capercaillie in Eurasia: what is the conservation status in the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mounts? Conservation Genetics.
Blanco-Fontao B (2007) Selección de dieta y amplitud de nicho trófico del urogallo cantábrico. DEA, Dpt. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Universidad de Oviedo.
Abajo A (2007) Modelos espaciales de hábitat y análisis de viabilidad de la población de urogallo en la Cordillera Cantábrica. Tesis Doctoral, Dpt. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Universidad de Oviedo.
Storch I, Bañuelos MJ, Fernández-Gil A, Obeso JR, Quevedo M, Rodríguez-Muñoz R. 2006. Subspecies Cantabrian capercaillie Tetrao urogallus cantabricus endangered according to IUCN criteria. Journal of Ornithology.
Quevedo M, Bañuelos MJ, Obeso JR (2006) The decline of Cantabrian capercaillie: how much does habitat configuration matter?. Biological Conservation 127: 190-200
Quevedo M, Bañuelos MJ, Sáez O, Obeso JR (2006) Habitat selection by Cantabrian capercaillie at the edge of the species distribution. Wildlife Biology 12 (3): 269-278.
Pollo CJ, Robles L, Seijas JM, García-Miranda A, Otero R (2005) Trends in the abundance of Cantabrian Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus cantabricus at leks on the southern slope of the Cantabrian Mountains, north-west Spain Bird Conservation International 15 (4):397-409
García D, Quevedo M, Obeso J, Abajo A (2005) Fragmentation patterns and protection of montane forest in the Cantabrian range (NW Spain). Forest Ecology and Management 208:29-43
Suárez-Seoane S, García-Roves P (2004) Do disturbances in surrounding areas affect a core population of Cantabrian capercaillie Tetrao urogallus cantabricus? the case of the natural reserve of Muniellos (Asturias, NW Spain). Ardeola 51:395-409
Rodríguez AE, Obeso JR (2000) Diet of the Cantabrian capercaillie: geographic variation and energetic content. Ardeola 47:77-83
Obeso JR, Rodríguez D, Álvarez I, Niño E,del Campo JC (2000) Intestinal parasites in the Cantabrian capercaillie Tetrao urogallus cantabricus: a coprological study. Ardeola 47:191-195
Martínez AM (1993) Contribución al conocimiento de la eco-etología del urogallo cantábrico. Tesis Doctoral, Universidad de León.

Public literature

Rodríguez Muñoz R, Quevedo M & Bañuelos M. 2010. On pines and capercaillie in the Cantabrian Mountains. Grouse News 39: 24-25
González MA, Olea PP, Robles L (2009) Ecology and conservation of the Cantabrian capercaillie inhabiting Mediterranean Pyrenean oak forests. A new Ph. D. project. Grouse News 38: 7-8
Rubiales JM et al. 2009. The long-term evolution of the Cantabrian landscapes and its possible role in the capercaillie drama. Grouse News 38: 9-11
Blanco-Fontao B, Quevedo M (2009) Diet and habitat selection in Cantabrian capercaillie: Ecological differentiation of a southern edge population. G@llinformed - IUCN-SSC/WPA Galliformes Specialist Group 2
Quevedo M, Bañuelos MJ (2008) El hábitat del urogallo en la Cordillera Cantábrica, o la importancia de conservar ecosistemas funcionales. Locustella 5: 10-27
Bañuelos MJ, Quevedo M (2008) Update of the situation of the Cantabrian capercaillie Tetrao urogallus cantabricus: an ongoing decline. Grouse News 35:5-7
Rodríguez-Muñoz R, Quevedo M, Bañuelos MJ, Fernández-Gil A (2008) Perspectivas sobre la viabilidad de la cría en cautividad del urogallo cantábrico. Quercus 266: 80-81
Quevedo M, Bañuelos MJ (2007) La prioridad de proteger el hábitat del urogallo cantábrico. Quercus 251: 80-82
Blanco-Fontao B, Quevedo M. 2006. Could competition with ungulates be a limiting factor for Cantabrian capercaillie? A new Ph.D. project. Grouse News 31:15-18
Quevedo M, Rodríguez-Muñoz R, Bañuelos MJ, Fernández-Gil A (2005) A captive breeding programme for Cantabrian capercaillie: does it make any sense?. Grouse News 30: 10-13
Obeso JR (2004) Urogallo Cantábrico, Tetrao urogallus cantabricus. In: Libro Rojo de las aves de España. SEO / Birdlife & Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Madrid, p 176-178
Bañuelos MJ, Quevedo M, Obeso JR (2004) Conservation of the Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus): A challenge at the edge of the species distribution. Grouse News 28:20-23
Obeso JR, Bañuelos MJ (2003) El urogallo (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus) en la Cordillera Cantábrica. Parques Nacionales, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Madrid
Pollo CJ, Robles L, Seijas JM, García-Miranda A, Otero R (2003) Cantabrian capercaillie Tetrao urogallus cantabricus population size and range trend. Will the capercaillie survive in the Cantabrian Mountains? Grouse News 26:3-5
Castroviejo J (1975) El urogallo en España. Monografías de la Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC.